Indian Classical Music And Sikh Kirtan
by Gobind Singh Mansukhani (M.A., LL.B, Ph.D.) © 1982
Dhamar
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by Gobind Singh Mansukhani (M.A., LL.B, Ph.D.) © 1982
Dhamar
Indian Classical Music And Sikh Kirtan by Gobind Singh Mansukhani (M.A., LL.B, Ph.D.) © 1982 Dhamar |
| Dhamar Dhamar is a form of composition sometimes performed with Hori raga or after the completion of dhrupad. It subject is the Krishna legend appropriate to the Holi festival. Dharmartal is of fourteen matras (musical units or beats). Very few musicians have mastery over Dhamar, also called Hori. Its gaiki is in Brij Bhasha, Hindi and Urdu. Dhamar depends on bols in double, triple, quadruple, and octet tones. Sometimes bol tan is also used. The shingar rasa (erotic feeling) is prominent in dhamar. |